Coat pocket flap



E. D'ALESIO COAT POCKET FLAP March 13, '1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 12, 1949 FIG. 4.

INVENTOR Emilio Dfllesza, BY 0am ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Mar. 13, 1951 COAT POCKET FLAP Emilio DAlesio, Upper Darby, Pa., assignor to H. Freeman & Son, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., a

corporation of Delaware Application April 12, 1949, Serial No. 86,954

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-247) This invention relates to cover flaps for coat pockets and the like. Such flaps are ordinarily made with a single thickness of material corresponding to that of the garments and are finished at the back with lining fabric which is less resistant to wear, and which must be replaced when it becomes frayed or torn. Such linings, moreover, detract from the appearance of the garments, especially when of a different shade or of color contrasting with that of the basic materials of the garments.

The aim of my invention is to overcome the foregoing drawbacks. This objective is realized as hereinafter more fully set forth, through the provision of a double thickness flap which lends itself to economic formation from a blank of the garment material, said blank being so configured and foldable along prescribed lines for stitching in such manner as to preclude the necessity for edge seams or any undesirable marring face seams in the finished flap.

In the attached drawings, Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view of the pocket region of a garment with a pocket cover flap conveniently embodying my invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmentary views in section taken as indicated respectively by the angled arrows 11-11 and IIIIII in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fabric blank for the flap.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the finished flap.

Fig. 6 shows the blank partially folded; and

Fig. 7 shows the blank completely folded and ready for stitching.

With more detailed reference first more particularly to Figs. 1-3 of these illustrations, it will be observed that my improved coat pocket flap, generally designated by numeral 8, is substantially oblong in configuration, and characterized by having a frontal face thickness which is plain and continuous throughout, and a back face thickness with seams 9 extending diagonally of the flap corners.

In accordance with my invention, the flap is constructed from a blank Ill which is cut from the garment fabric and which is profiled as shown in Fig. 4, to provide a substantially rectangular area ll between horizontal and perpendicular fold lines I 2, l3, a pendent tab !5 of regular trapezium configuration, and flankin tabs 16 of triangular configuration. To form the flap, the blank 80 is first folded as shown in Fig. 6, that is to say, the tab 1 5 is turned up about the fold line l2, the tabs 16 turned inwards about the fold lines [3, and the corresponding terminal edges a and lBa of the latter flaps upset by bending marginal portions thereof along lines I! and 18 as in Fig. '7. With the folding accomplished, the upstanding abutting marginal edges 15a, 16a are stitched together as at H], to form the diagonal seams 9 previously referred to, whereupon the resulting flat envelope is turned right side out as in Fig. 5 to hide the seam stitching. Prior to this turning step, the projecting marginal areas of the abutted edges I5a, 16a are parted and pressed fiat as shown in Fig. 5 to avoid bulkiness at the diagonal seams 9.

In order to reinforce the flap and render it immune against subsequent distortion, I unite the frontal and back thicknesses by through marginal stitching somewhat inward of the bottom and side fold edges of the flap as at 20 in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5.

For incorporation of the flap, the fabric 2| of the garment (Figs. 1-3) may be provided, after common practice, with a pocket slit whereof the upper and lower edges are retroverted as at 22 and 23 in Fig. 2, the flap being secured along its upper edge to the retroverted top edge of slit by stitching at 24. As shown, the top edge of the front wall 25a of the pocket 25 is secured to the bottom edge 23 of the slit by stitching 26, and the top edge of the back wall 25b of the pocket secured to the top edge 22 of said slit at the inner side thereof by stitching 21 which also passes through the top edge of the flap 8.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A substantially rectangular coat pocket flap constructed from a single piece of fabric for the provision of a plain continuous frontal thickness, and a back thickness in which coinciding side edges of an upturned trapeziform tab and inwardly turned lateral triangular tabs are united by stitched seams which extend diagonally of the bottom corners of the flap, and in which bends of oppositely retroverted margins of the meeting edges abut.

2. A coat pocket flap according to claim 1, wherein the frontal and the back thicknesses are united by a stitched marginal seam disposed somewhat inward of its bottom and end edges.

EMILIO DALESIO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 436,618 Tyrrel Sept. 16, 1890 2,442,415 Kubovcik June 1, 1948 

